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Meta Working to Speed Up Metaverse, but Success Far from Certain

A year after rebranding itself from Facebook into Meta, the social network titan is striving to make the metaverse a routine part of daily life, offering users new features and promoting new virtual reality gear. But analysts say the company has toned down the hype a bit as it struggles…

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Meta calls FTC suit to block VR fitness deal ‘ill-conceived’

Meta Platforms Inc. urged a judge to reject the U.S. Federal Trade Commission attempt to block the company’s acquisition of virtual reality app Within Unlimited, saying the agency’s claims about competition in the area are based on “pure speculation.”

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First big move to a virtual workplace

Meta has just introduced the most advanced, widely available virtual reality glasses ever, and Microsoft will provide the platform for their use in your home office.

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Meta’s virtual reality project will finally have legs – literally

Avatars in Mark Zuckerberg’s Horizon have so far hovered above ground with bodies ending at waist

The Guardian - UK

Facebook owner Meta unveils $1,500 VR headset: Will it sell?

Facebook parent Meta has unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset with the hope people will soon be using it to work in the virtual reality of the still-elusive place called the metaverse

The Independent UK

Meta Unveils New Virtual Reality Headset Quest Pro

A year after it rebranded itself in the name of building a metaverse, Meta on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its virtual reality headset tailored for working professionals. The $1,500 Meta Quest Pro features a number of new features that are meant to improve users' perception of truly being…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How Do VR And Augmented Reality Impact Cannabis Marketing?

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VR warehouse where you can battle zombies is opening in Manchester

Unlike other virtual reality games, this VR experience allows players to freely roam, and explore and battle as a team

Manchester Evening News

Facebook, beware: the metaverse is really flat

In a few weeks' time, Mark Zuckerberg will announce a new virtual reality headset from Meta Platforms.

Bangkok Post

‘Each guest experience will be different’: VR and the future of theme parks

Expo in east London shows how important augmented and virtual reality will be, as attractions move with the times

The Guardian - UK

'Plunging ten decks in a glass tube is not this new cruise ship's only thrill'

The Norwegian Cruise Line's six new ships allow you to ride a waterslide which sends you spinning round a giant bowl and fly through hyperspace in the Galaxy Pavilion virtual reality arcade

Daily Mirror

Metaverse, VR in spotlight as Tokyo Game Show opens

CHIBA, Japan: The Tokyo Game Show opened to media and industry figures on Thursday, with the general public permitted to attend in the coming days for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus, bringing the latest in metaverse and virtual reality titles and technologies into the spotlight.

Bangkok Post

Anti-virtual reality note included with explosive package

A law enforcement official says a hard plastic case that exploded on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston causing minor injuries to a staff member contained a rambling note that railed against virtual reality and also referenced Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, The official said Wednesday that investigators are still…

The Independent UK

5 challenges of doing college in the metaverse

More and more colleges are becoming “metaversities,” taking their physical campuses into a virtual online world, often called the “metaverse.” One initiative has 10 U.S. universities and colleges working with Meta, the parent company of Facebook, and virtual reality company VictoryXR to create 3D online replicas – sometimes called “digital…

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Open House Festival 2022: 10 of the best free-to-attend events

From art trails and gallery lates to a virtual reality record shop

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Meta, Qualcomm Strike Agreement on Custom Virtual Reality Chips

Meta Platforms Inc signed an agreement to have chip-maker Qualcomm Inc produce custom chipsets for its Quest virtual reality devices, the companies announced at a consumer electronics conference in Berlin on Friday. The companies' engineering and product teams will work together to produce the chips, which will be powered by…

Benzinga

EXCLUSIVE: The Meta Park Pass Launching This Month Can Identify Real Users In Web3

Blockchain-based virtual reality interactive platform Aftermath Islands Metaverse, along with Liquid Avatar Technologies, is launching a Meta Park Pass, a digital identity credential that allows users to prove themselves as a real pe

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Venture into the Metaverse on Venice Immersive Island

At the Venice International Film Festival, virtual reality is only a small part of the immersive experience. On a small island just a short water shuttle ride from the main festival headquarters on the Lido, festivalgoers can step into the metaverse. They can play games, or “world hop” with a…

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The Loop: COVID-19 isolation rules change, Donald Trump's team likely hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and is Apple entering virtual reality?

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The Independent UK

Venture into the metaverse on Venice Immersive Island

At the Venice International Film Festival, virtual reality is only a small part of the immersive experience

The Times of India

Reliance to stream AGM on virtual reality platform, five social media platforms

NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries will on Monday broadcast its annual shareholder meeting simultaneously on a virtual reality platform as well as on five social media platforms as it takes another leap in digitally connecting people for its AGM.

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Virtual Reality Revives Iraq's War-ravaged Heritage

An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by militants and in battles to defeat them. ISIS extremists captured a third of Iraq in a lightning offensive in 2014, seizing the northern city of Mosul as…

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Six benefits that the metaverse offers to colleges and universities

Even though it’s unclear what exactly the metaverse is and whether it even exists, colleges and universities have jumped onto the metaverse bandwagon. They have augmented in-person and remote video learning with features such as gamified interactive virtual worlds, virtual reality and mixed reality.

The Conversation

Virtual reality, autonomous weapons and the future of war: military tech startup Anduril comes to Australia

Earlier this month, posters started going up around Sydney advertising an event called “In the Ops Room, with Palmer Luckey”. Rather than an album launch or standup gig, this turned out to be a free talk given last week by the chief executive of a high-tech US defence company called…

The Independent UK

Is the metaverse the future of dating?

Madeleine Aggeler goes on a virtual reality date to find out if this tech could be the new way to find love

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